Went to my local off-license (not a term we use in Canada, but anyway) a few days ago and commented to the cashier (from a distance) that if they closed I would know civilization had come to an end. Went there today and…it was closed!

@thane16 You’re back! Hurrah!

Just passing this on as a feel-good story about life in a lockdown out here on…[Read more]

@miapatrick   I am glad you still have a sense of humour in this horrible time.I think that may be the only way to get through this sh*t storm, that and binge watching Doctor Who of course. My husband wakes up far too early and watches the news, so when I get up I am deluged with bad news before I finish my 1st coffee. Wait till I am finished b…[Read more]

@miapatrick I am so sorry to see this news about your significant other. I hope this is temporary, and once this thing settles down (as we all hope it will do), his treatments will resume. But I know it must be hard to think so far forward into the future, and even more difficult to keep from worrying about the present.

@thane16 Good to see you!…[Read more]

@nightingale This crisis is demonstrating that our entire economy and social model is without solid foundations. One little shake and it all tumbles down. One thing  I really hope is that this situation will lead to some revolutionary social change. Our excuse for a government has already demonstrated that they actually know that “trickle down”…[Read more]

@Thane16 or is it @Syzgy

It was a good video call, I’m the only one out working as I’m considered a critical worker (and I always thought I was a sarcastic worker so is critical a promotion or demotion?)

My Mum is in the high risk because of age

My daughter is also in the high risk due to congenital heart disease and has had to shut her dog…[Read more]

@craig, @jimthefish, @phaseshift, @bluesqueakpip, @whisht, @mudlark, @thane16, @janetteb, @winston, @rob, @fatmaninabox and..@everyone

It feels a bit quiet on the site and circumstances seem to be moving fast, and more of us (of a certain age) seem to be self-isolating. Hopefully, things will pass, but it would be great if there was a place where…[Read more]

@thane16  Thanks for the laughs! One hour of the crossroad song is insane. It is now stuck in my head after only a couple minutes of it. I love that show and I am sad to see it end.

@cathannabel
I am truly sorry for your loss.
I’ve lost parents, relations and friends but not a sibling.
I don’t have words. But I also don’t have appropriate music.

@thane16 rightly gave Arvo Part. If she hadn’t, that particular piece may have been what I would have posted here.

I tried finding music and am here crying: for you, for my parents…[Read more]

@thane16 Thank you so much for the Floyd – such a beautiful and moving track. I know it was posted with me in mind – my kid brother died almost a week ago. Expected, as he’d been diagnosed with terminal cancer the summer before last but still. Always sudden. We’re all doing OK, in the circs, but a lot of the time it just doesn’t feel real, so life…[Read more]

@thane16 – hey you! Hope everything is good with you.
Love the music!
Da Pacem is just…. {sigh} and now I realise there’s an entire album called Da Pacem and not just the opening piece! Usually I wait for serendipidy when buying music (ie it turns up at a charity shop) but on this occasion I reckon I need to actually get it!

Sometimes I hav…[Read more]

@thane16  Pink Floyd was part of the soundtrack of my youth and I feel like I have heard this song a thousand times when I was younger. I have not listened to it for a long time and I find it so sad and heartbreaking now that I can barely listen(but I did). I am always surprised at how music affects me differently at different times of my life.…[Read more]

@whisht @thane16

Sugarcubes!

Hit!

@whisht @thane16

Don’t know how much airplay this got anywhere…

My friends and I had it on cassette tape.

@whisht  @thane16

“Not heard Wildflowers (Tom Petty) before; its rather pretty and it oddly sounds familiar, so I wonder if its a traditional melody..?”

It sounds like that because that’s the way Tom Petty wrote his songs. From the heart…

But I looked it up, all songs on this album were written by Petty except for a couple by him and Mike…[Read more]

@whisht  @thane16  @arbutus

One of the best videos I’ve ever seen, from back when they put some thought into the stuff.

Directed by French film director Michel Gondry.

Best comment?

“Don’t forget to watch Tank Girl !…. Kiddies”

Just brought it back around to Doctor Who with the Rachel Talalay mention…..   :D…[Read more]

@peacefrog – not heard Wildflowers (Tom Petty) before; its rather pretty and it oddly sounds familiar, so I wonder if its a traditional melody..? (I won’t invoke @thane16 ‘s or @arbutus ‘ and others’ insanely hooge knowledge of earlier music – its not just SNL skits! ;¬) )
btw I agree that only fans of Pearl Jam knew they were on the Neil You…[Read more]

@thane16 Syzygy the younger

There seem to be several types of bread described as rye bread. Bread made entirely with whole grain rye flour results in pumpernickel – very dense and moist in texture and almost black in colour, but if the rye is mixed with other grains the result  can still be described as rye bread so long as the predominant…[Read more]

@arbutus @mudlark @whisht @thane16

I think I might be on to something here…

Timeless Child equals a Child in Time?

Maybe not.

You guys do realize that it was me in the “It takes you Away” episode. The BBC blew their budget on fancy new cameras and big name guest stars.

Couldn’t afford to get their first…[Read more]

So, I’ve managed to slog my way through a lot of backlog of music (though not the most recent ones)!

@Arbutus – awww Ella – smoky precision. And yes, I’m overly happy with that description. What tone.
@Craig – Maps is a great song; LOVED Mura Masa (reminded me of Sleaford Mods!).
@Phaseshift – that is an amazing mashup! I loved the Slayer one t…[Read more]

Some quasi-space/Doctor Who related stuff.

@thane16  @whisht @mudlark  @arbutus

But first I have to take care of my new friends…anybody that I’ve tagged thank you so much and I’ve probably left out somebody. Sorry if that was you. I’ve been up since 4am trying to shovel all of this ice out of my driveway. We have a good 3 inches of a slushy m…[Read more]